What was the impact of the war on Australia and/or neighbouring countries? (Syllabus Question): Students are expected to study the impact of the war on ONE of the following: • Vietnam veterans and their families • Indo-Chinese refugees • Australian culture • Australia’s relations with Asia Veterans and their families: • Vietnam War veterans were no treated well on arrival to Australia unlike during WWI and WWII. • Unlike during 1918 when the government tried to assist soldiers with
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another Dust Bowl from occurring. During World War I farmers were asked to up their production for the war. They were profiting now more than ever. After the war was over‚ farmers were still producing like they were still wat war. They kept increasing their productions trying to reach their all time profits like during World War I‚ but what they were not realizing is that they were making the demand of that cropt go down. The time after World War I and before the Dust Bowl is known as “The Great
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In 1954 at the Geneva Conference‚ Vietnam was divided into two‚ North and South Vietnam. One year later‚ the Vietnam War began and was fought between North Vietnam- communist allies and South Vietnam- anti-communist allies. Vietnamese Communist forces occupied northeastern Cambodia. Cambodia had proclaimed neutral since 1955‚ but the Communists used Cambodian soil as a base. Prince Norodom Sihanouk tolerated the presence of the Communists‚ so wider conflict could be avoided. In 1969‚ Sihanouk changed
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involved in two overseas wars to fight this new War on Terror‚ many Americans began to wonder whether the the U.S.’ victory in the Cold War was really a failure. There are three types of terrorism: State-sanctioned terrorism‚ terror networks‚ and domestic terrorism. State-sanctioned terrorism attacks are usually an attempt to gain world attention for a cause‚ not necessarily to kill a large number of people. Groups that utilize this type of terrorism usually have a political agenda and are attempting
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The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War scarred America’s self image by because this was the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish what they planned to do in war. The war also had great effects on the American people. It was the first war ever broadcast on TV. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. The Vietnam conflict began long before the U.S. actually
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After the war of 1812‚ America underwent some changes as a nation. In comparison to the country prior to the war‚ the United States initially appeared to be more united in the sense that only one party ruled‚ but in reality‚ this only increased factions within the government due to sectionalism and the court. Because the United States emerged as a one party nation after the War of 1812‚ members of past parties‚ such as the Federalists‚ felt the need to join with the Jeffersonians to maintain their
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During World War II‚ the Korean peninsula was under the control of Japan. It was decided that after the war at the Yalta Conference that the land would be split in two at the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union would have control over North Korea‚ while the United States would have control South Korea. It was intended that these two nations would once again reunite; however‚ because of their differences‚ these two nations could not agree on one way of government. In 1950‚ North Korea crossed the 38th
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The profound economic change that occurred in the early 1900’s was largely influenced and formed by the industrial revolution‚ in particular the second wave that occurred in the late 1800’s. The revolution as a whole resulted in the change from economies based on agriculture and farming‚ to industry based profits. This second wave of the revolution not only refined and improved the prior inventions of iron and coal‚ but brought with it new highly developed technologies such as steel‚ electricity
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The coming of the American Civil War was a complex conflict that cannot be easily explained‚ yet can simply be summed up in the word “differences”. During this time period major differences can be seen in the ways blacks were viewed versus the position of whites in society. This sets up the institution of slavery‚ ultimately leading to the Civil War. Additionally‚ significant differences are seen between the North and South who had opposing lifestyles and views of slavery. Vastly conflicting beliefs
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The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was one of the defining conflicts of the twentieth century. Tensions between America and Soviet Union grew out after World War. The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union went on for much of the second half of the 20th century. Rivalry led to raised tension‚ mutual suspicions thoughts concerning each other and last an array of worldwide incidents that brought the world’s superpowers close to a disaster.
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